Marco Pereira is a Brazil

Brazil

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ian classical guitar

Classical guitar

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ist. He was born in São Paulo

São Paulo

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 and took lessons from Isaias Savio, an important Uruguaian guitarist and teacher who brought Llobet's technique to Brasil. He obtained his masters degree at the University of Paris-Sorbonne

Sorbonne

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 (Heitor Villa-Lobos

Heitor Villa-Lobos

Heitor Villa-Lobos was a Brazilian composer, described as "the single most significant creative figure in 20th-century Brazilian art music". Villa-Lobos has become the best-known and most significant Latin American composer to date. He wrote numerous orchestral, chamber, instrumental and vocal works...

 and his work for guitar)

He won important prizes in international guitar competitions such as: Concurso Andrés Segóvia (Palma de Mallorca

Palma de Mallorca

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) and Concurso Francisco Tárrega (Valencia). In Brazil he won the Brazilian Sharp Award for Best Soloist and for Best Album of the Year (1994). He also got this Award for best arranger for the album Gal, by Gal Costa.

Collaborations for different artists: Stefano Bollani

Stefano Bollani

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, Gilberto Gil

Gilberto Gil

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, Gal Costa

Gal Costa

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, Wagner Tiso

Wagner Tiso

Wagner Tiso Veiga is a musician, arranger, conductor, pianist and composer from Brazil.-Biography:Tiso learned music theory with Paulo Moura and specialised in keyboards. In 1970, he joined Som Imaginário, working with Milton Nascimento. Tiso and Nascimento were then together in Clube da Esquina,...

, Edu Lobo

Edu Lobo

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, Zélia Duncan

Zélia Duncan

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, Cassia Eller

Cássia Eller

Cássia Rejane Eller was a Brazilian musician. She performed a fusion of rock and MPB.- Biography :After spending most of her adolescence in Brasília, Eller dropped out of high school and returned to her birthplace of Rio de Janeiro, where she began a career as a recording artist...

, Tom Jobim, Zizi Possi

Zizi Possi

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, Paulinho da Viola

Paulinho da Viola

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 and Milton Nascimento

Milton Nascimento

-Biography:Nascimento's mother was the maid Maria Nascimento. As a baby, Milton Nascimento was adopted by his mother's former employers: the couple Josino Brito Campos, a banker employee, mathematics teacher and electronic technician; and Lília Silva Campos, a music teacher and choir singer...

, among others.

He teaches Harmony, Arranging and Improvisation at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro

Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

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(UFRJ) (http://www.ufrj.br).

Discography

• Cristal
• Cameristico (guitar and orchestra)
• O samba da minha terra;
• Original;
• Afinidade;
• Valsas Brasileiras;
• Luz das Cordas;
• Violão Popular Brasileiro Contemporaneo;
• Circulo das Cordas;
• Dança dos Quatro Ventos;
• Elegia;
• Bons Encontros;
• Brasil Musical

Books

• Cadernos de Harmonia
• Cristal
• Ritmos Brasileiros (Brazilian Rhythms)
• Valsas Brasileiras (Brazilian Waltzes)
• Heitor Villa-Lobos and his work for guitar
• Sete Cordas, técnica e estilo (Seven Strings Guitar, technique and style)

External links

• Official Website
• Editor
• Book Store